Chinese Premier Li Qiang holds talks with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 10, 2024. (Photo/Xinhua)

Beijing - At the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman will pay an official visit to China from June 24 to 26, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced on Monday.

Spokesperson Guo Jiakun told a daily press briefing that it will be Prime Minister Rahman's first visit to China since he took office, adding that during the visit, President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, will meet or hold talks with him respectively, during which they will have in-depth exchanges of views on bilateral relations and international and regional issues of common concern, and point out the direction for the development of bilateral relations.

Rahman will also attend the 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC) in the city of Dalian in northeast China, Guo said.

Noting that China and Bangladesh are traditional friendly neighbors and comprehensive strategic cooperative partners, Guo said in recent years, under the strategic guidance of the leaders of the two countries, China-Bangladesh relations have continued to move forward, political mutual trust has been continuously deepened, and practical cooperation has achieved fruitful results, bringing tangible benefits to the people of both countries.

China looks forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to work with the new government of Bangladesh to enhance strategic communication, carry forward traditional friendship, promote high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, expand exchanges and cooperation in various fields, strengthen coordination on multilateral affairs, and push the China-Bangladesh comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership to a new level, Guo said.